CHRISTMAS BLUES
** Learned after hearing it performed by Bill Murray in A Very Murray Christmas.
This is based on the Dean Martin version. You can hear me playing it live here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vXLNAOJenc **
Verse 1
[A] [Bm7]
The jingle bells are jingling
[C#m7] [D6]
The streets are white with snow
[A] [Bm7]
The happy crowds are mingling
[A7] [A9]
But there's no one that I know
[D6] [D9]
I'm sure that you'll forgive me
[A] [F#7]
If I don't enthuse
[Bm7] [E7] [C#7] [F#7] [Bm7] [E7]
I guess I've got the Christmas blues
Verse 2
[A] [Bm7]
I've done my window shopping
[C#m7] [D6]
There's not a store I've missed
[A] [Bm7]
But what's the use of stopping
[A7] [A9]
When there's no one on your list
[D6] [D9]
You'll know the way I'm feeling
[A] [F#7]
When you love and you lose
[Bm7] [E7] [A]
I guess I've got the Christmas blues
Chorus
[C#7] [F#7]
When somebody wants you
[C#7] [F#7]
Somebody needs you
[Bm7] [E7] [Bm7]
Christmas is a joy of joys
[G#7] [C#m]
But friends when you're lonely
[G#7] [C#m]
You'll find that it's only
[C#m7] [F#7] [Bm7] [E7]
A thing for little girls and little boys
Verse 3
[A] [Bm7]
May all your days be merry
[C#m7] [D6]
Your seasons full of cheer
[A] [Bm7]
But 'til it's January
[A7] [A9]
I'll just go and disappear
[D6] [D9] [A] [F#7]
Oh Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes
[Bm7] [E7] [A]
But Santa only brought me the blues
[Instrumental section]
[A] [Bm7] [C#m7] [D6]
[A] [Bm7] [A7] [A9]
[D6] [D9] [A] [F#7]
[Bm7] [E7] [A]
Chorus
[C#7] [F#7]
When somebody wants you
[C#7] [F#7]
Somebody needs you
[Bm7] [E7] [Bm7]
Christmas is a joy of joys
[G#7] [C#m]
But friends when you're lonely
[G#7] [C#m]
You'll find that it's only
[C#m7] [F#7] [Bm7] [E7]
A thing for little girls and little boys
Verse 4
[A] [Bm7]
May all your days be merry
[C#m7] [D6]
Your seasons full of cheer
[A] [Bm7]
But 'til it's January
[A7] [A9]
I'll just go and disappear
[D6] [D9] [A] [F#7]
Oh Santa may have brought you some stars for your shoes
[Bm7] [E7] [C#7] [F#7]
But Santa only brought me the blues
[Bm7] [E7] [A]
Those brightly packaged tinsel covered Christmas blues
